preference?

I almost always play exclusively on Full Tilt. usually playing the 2.25 tourneys or sometimes even the 5 tourneys. NOT the sit n goes but the actuall tourneys.

i was just wondering where others prefer to play at, where the payout of the field is above average. Because at the sit n goes the payout for the field is fairly poor isn't it? What exactly is a good percentage for a payout though?

2 table 2.25 buy in sit and go seems pretty good.. 18 players top 4 cash and top prize is 14 dollars which is 7x the buy in.. 2nd place gets 10 dollars or so with third place taking 7 dollars... So finishing in the top 3 will essentially get you at least 3x your buy in and 4th place gives you double your buy in.. At the buy in you play it, this seems like a nice option.

worrying about % of payouts generally means you care about cashing and probably don't go for the wins, but I could be wrong. the post about the 18 man sng's is quite accurate, but at the point you are playing higher buy ins, you may as well be playing the t1.

wd021 said:

2 table 2.25 buy in sit and go seems pretty good.. 18 players top 4 cash and top prize is 14 dollars which is 7x the buy in.. 2nd place gets 10 dollars or so with third place taking 7 dollars... So finishing in the top 3 will essentially get you at least 3x your buy in and 4th place gives you double your buy in.. At the buy in you play it, this seems like a nice option.

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The calculations here are all messed up, because you paid 2.25 to buy in, not 2.00

I don't play tournaments where the rake is more than 10%, so I wouldn't play in a tournament that was 2 + .25 anyway

I prefer DON tournaments. Just double my buy-in, but almost constantly. So you have to be tight-passive to finish with prize.
For long running tournaments I have no patient. Same with cash games.